CVE-2015-8477

Publication date 23 May 2017

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Redmine before 2.6.2 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via vectors involving flash message rendering.

Status

Show unmaintained releases

Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
redmine	19.04 disco	Not affected
	18.10 cosmic	Not affected
	18.04 LTS bionic	Not affected
	17.10 artful	Not affected
	17.04 zesty	Not affected
	16.10 yakkety	Not affected
	16.04 LTS xenial	Not affected
	15.10 wily	Not affected
	15.04 vivid	Not affected
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not in release
	12.04 LTS precise	Ignored end of life

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Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	6.1 · Medium
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	Required
Scope	Changed
Confidentiality	Low
Integrity impact	Low
Availability impact	None
Vector	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

References

MITRE
NVD
Launchpad
Debian

Other references

https://www.redmine.org/projects/redmine/wiki/Changelog_2_6
https://www.redmine.org/projects/redmine/wiki/Security_Advisories
https://www.redmine.org/issues/19117
https://github.com/redmine/redmine/commit/a1f40686ba43d121cbc8c095d2f8cc4095e70352#diff-847ef9328e260b1b93fd165d072b072d
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-8477